a slang term for someone who is bisexual.

Ambisexual has had two meanings in parlance, relating to either sexuality or gender identity. However, the sexual identity is now more prevalent.

Ambisexual – in sexuality – means someone of an ambiguous sexuality, meaning, somebody who is bisexual+.

In gender identity, it is someone of an ambiguous gender; for example, someone who is androgynous.

the idea that bisexual+ people should be excluded from Queer spaces and venues, typically due to them not being “gay enough”, typically, but not exclusively, when they are currently in an opposite-sex couple – or a coupling that people perceive as heterosexual.

Such biphobic discourse has also included the idea that the visibility and acceptance of bisexual individuals are a threat to gay and lesbian identity, and can often be found among trans-exclusionary radical feminists and their allies.

It’s a form of discrimination, biphobia and bisexual erasure that sadly isn’t rare in the Queer community, and an example of Queer gatekeeping.

a person who is experiencing an interest in relationships, romance or sexual experiences with a person of the same gender or sex. Typically used to describe heterosexual people considering or interested in experiences with people of the same gender/sex for the first time (although not exclusively). Sometimes spelt bi-curious.

in Queer contexts, this usually refers to the gender binary; but this can also refer to related notions regarding various spectrums within Queer identities, either as extreme points or as the belief that such spectrums do not exist.

Such an example would be the sexuality spectrum; where both binary points would be homosexuality and heterosexuality on either end, with bisexuality and the various bisexual+ identities occupying the space in between. However, a binary belief would be that people are either heterosexual or homosexual.

The range of negative attitudes, intolerance and resentment of bisexual+ individuals, that results in the erasure and invisibility of bisexuals (bisexual erasure).

Biphobia is sadly not restricted to heterosexual people, as bisexual+ individuals have also experienced biphobia from members of the LGBT+ community, such as negative and intolerant attitudes towards bisexuals from gay men and lesbians.

Somebody who possesses biphobia can be described as biphobic.

an individual who possesses biphobia; an adjective describing attitudes and behaviours that are hostile or negative towards bisexual+ people.

the acts and attitudes of ignoring, removing or falsifying bisexual/bisexual+ people and bisexual identity. In its most extreme form, this could be the belief that bisexuality doesn’t exist – a belief that had long been traditionally held by straight and gay people alike (“you’re either gay or straight”).

In more subtle forms, this could be misconceptions such as that bisexual people are merely undecided, not fully out-of-the-closet, hypersexual, in a phase, following a fad, or the acceptance of bisexuality in women but not men. Another common form of bisexual erasure is in media where people and characters are designated as gay or straight respectively, depending on the sex/gender of their partner, which ignores a large part of their identity and agency.

Bisexual Erasure is often the result of biphobia, although it does not always involve overt antagonism. Bisexual Erasure and Invisibility has been shown to have a detrimental effect on bisexual individual’s health and well-being.

an alternative term for bisexual erasure.

an umbrella term encompassing sexualities that are not monosexual or asexual in nature; an umbrella term for bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, omnisexual, etc identities.

An alternative umbrella term for bisexual+ is multisexual.

the romantic and/or sexual attraction and behaviour related to bisexual+ individuals; topics related to bisexual people, distinct from discussions related to homosexuality.

shorthand for the multisexual spectrum, or multi-gender attraction spectrum, describing the wide variety of bisexual+ identities.

the assumption that people are monosexual: that is, solely attracted to one gender; the assumption that people are either gay or straight until shown otherwise.

an umbrella term for non-monosexual sexualities; an alternative to bisexual+.

the spectrum of bisexual+ identities; the spectrum of multiple-gender attraction.

a person who experiences romantic, but not necessarily sexual, attractions to all genders. A panromantic person may not necessarily by pansexual.

A sexual orientation where an individual is attracted to ‘all’ genders, or regardless of gender.

Sometimes synonymous with omnisexual, although a distinction is often drawn that pansexuality is a “gender-blind” attraction to all genders, whereas omnisexuality is a “gender conscious” attraction to all genders.

Some proponents of the term suggest that pansexual is more inclusive than bisexual, because it encompasses, by its definition of “all”, an attraction to transgender and nonbinary people – although this may wrongly suggest that bisexual people’s attractions are limited to cisgender men and women.

Such a distinction is fiercely disputed by many members of the bisexual community, who insist that bisexuality in itself has always been inclusive of nonbinary and transgender people; especially as that before the pansexual identity became prevalent in common parlance, gender non-conforming, nonbinary and transgender people have also identified as bisexual and have been in relationships with bisexual-identified people.

Essentially, it is a personal preference to identify as pansexual or bisexual, and many bisexuals and pansexuals will use the terms interchangeably. Pansexuality falls under the bisexual+ umbrella.

a person who experiences romantic, but not necessarily sexual, attractions to multiple, but not all genders. A panromantic person may not necessarily be polysexual.

an umbrella term for individuals who attracted in some way to people of the same gender. Including, but not limited to, gay and lesbian people, bisexual+ people, and those on the asexual spectrum who are romantically attracted to people of the same gender, e.g. homoromantic, biromantic.

An alternative to same-sex attracted.

initialism of same-gender loving, used as an umbrella term for individuals/communities that are homosexual, bisexual+, homo/biromantic, etc; essentially, those who are Queer in sexuality, and may or may not include asexual people.